Terrorists planning new attacks in Pakistan

Islamabad, Dec 27: A top Pakistani official said the government has fast-tracked the execution of terrorists following reports that the convicts are in contact with their accomplices across the country and planning new attacks. In response to the attack by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Peshawar's Army Public School (APS) that killed 148 people including 132 school children, the federal government lifted the moratorium on the death sentence to execute the terrorists, the Daily Times reported Saturday. The executions have been carried out speedily following intelligence reports that the TTP inmates were in direct contact with their associates dispersed across the country and were planning to launch coordinated terror attacks, the official said.